Research Catalog
Reading cultural representations of the double diaspora : Britain, East Africa, Gujarat
- Title
- Reading cultural representations of the double diaspora : Britain, East Africa, Gujarat / Maya Parmar.
- Author
- Parmar, Maya
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- ©2019
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 20-577 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 215 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
- Summary
- Reading Cultural Represenations of the Double Diaspora: Britain, East Africa, Gujarat is the first detailed study of the cultural life and representations of the prolific twice-displaced Gujarati East African diaspora in contemporary Britain. An exceptional community of people, this diaspora is disproportionally successful and influential in resettlement, both in East Africa and Britain. Often showcased as an example of migrant achievement, thier accomplishments are paradoxically underpinned by legacies of trauma and deracination. The diaspora, despite its economic success and considerable upward social mobility in Britain, has until now been overlooked within critical literary and postcolonial studies for a number of reasons. This book attends to that gap. Parmar uniquely investigates what it is to be not just from India, but too Africa--how identity forms within, as the study coins, the "double diaspora". Parmar focuses on cultural representation post-twice migration, via an interdisciplinary methodology, offering new contributions to debates within diaspora studies. In doing so, the book examines a range of cultures produced amongst, or about, the diaspora, including literary representations, culinary, dance and sartorial practices, as well as visual materials--back cover.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Gastropoetics of The Settler's Cookbook: Diasporic Trauma and Embodied Narratives -- 3. The Performing Body of Navratri: Dancing Dandiya, Dressing to Impress -- 4. Picturing the Modern Self: Vernacular Modernity and Temporal Synchronicity -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-577
- ISBN
- 3030180824
- 9783030180829
- 9783030180836 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1090471955
- Author
- Parmar, Maya, author.
- Title
- Reading cultural representations of the double diaspora : Britain, East Africa, Gujarat / Maya Parmar.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9783030180836
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-577